Weather suspends play for night: Cincinnati Open 3rd-round results, Aug. 13 schedule

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MASON, OH − The Round of 16 field for the ATP and WTA at the Cincinnati Open will be completed Aug. 12 as the third round continues from the Lindner Family Tennis Center.
The World No. 2 from both tours will be in action Aug. 12 on Center Court. Carlos Alcaraz is slated to face Hamad Medjedovic in the second match of the day session and former Cincinnati Open champion Coco Gauff is after that against No. 32 Dayana Yastremska.
Iva Jovic, a 17-year-old Lucky Loser from California, will open the day on the Grandstand Court against Barbora Krejcikova in a matchup of two players who upset their seeded opponent in the Round of 64.
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Play suspended for the rest of Tuesday night
The Cincinnati Open has suspended all further play until Wednesday due to the lightning and rain in the area. The full order of play for Aug. 13, including all matches that weren't completed tonight (see below) is here.
Cincinnati Open in weather delay
Play has halted in the Cincinnati Open as of 9:05 p.m. as lightning and rain have appeared at the complex. In matches in progress, No. 4 seed Jessica Pegula and No. 31 seed Magda Linette were just about to start the third set. Linette won the first set 7-6(5) and Pegula the second, 6-3.
In the men's draw, No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev won the first set over No. 27 seed Brandon Nakashima 6-4, and leads the second set 5-4 as he was about to serve for the match.
In women's doubles, Cincinnati native Peyton Stearns and partner Marketa Vondrousova won the first set, 6-3 and are leading 4-3.
Two more matches still to play after these: No. 5 seed Ben Shelton vs. Roberto Bautista Agut on Center Court. In women's play, No. 16 seed Clara Tauson vs. Veronika Kudermetova on the Grandstand Court.
Caty McNally and Linda Noskova rally in tiebreak to advance to doubles quarterfinals
Madeira native Caty McNally and her partner, Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic, won in three sets over Shuka Aoyama and Cristina Bucsa, 7-6(2), 3-6, 1-0(11). In doubles, the third set is played as a tiebreak to 10 points. McNally and Noskova had six match points against them in the tiebreak. They trailed 9-5 and won four straight to forge a 9-9 tie. Then they trailed at 10-9 and 11-10 before winning the final three points, including their only match point.
McNally and Noskova will play the No. 2 seed Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe in the quarterfinals.
Lucia Bronzetti upsets No. 23 seed to advance in WTA draw
Lucia Bronzetti of Italy became the fourth unseeded player to advance to the Round of 16 in six matches of the women's singles draw today. She defeated No. 23 seed Jelena Ostapenko, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4. Bronzetti will play No. 2 seed Coco Gauff in the next round. Bronzetti, World No. 61, lost in the first round of the Cincinnati Open last year.
No. 22 seed Jiri Lehecka advances in men's draw
Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic defeated Adam Walton of Australia, 7-6(5), 7-6(3) in the Round of 32. Lehecka, the No. 22 seed, will play in the Round of 16 against tonight's winner between No. 5 seed Ben Shelton and Roberto Bautista Agut. Lehecka is in the final 16 for the second year in a row, losing to Frances Tiafoe in 2024.
Varvara Gracheva knocks off No. 11 seed to advance
Varvara Gracheva of France upset No. 11 seed Karolina Muchova on Center Court, 6-2, 6-4 to advance to the Round of 16 in the WTA tourney. Gracheva marked her furthest advancement here in Mason after reaching the Round of 32 the last two seasons. She will next face unseeded Ella Seidel, who advanced out of the qualifier and knocked off No. 29 seed McCartney Kessler earlier today.
Karen Khachanov advances to Round of 16
Karen Khachanov, the No. 14 seed in the ATP draw, advanced to the Round of 16 with a 6-3, 6-3 win over American Jenson Brooksby. Khachanov will next play the winner of tonight's match between No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev and No. 27 seed Brandon Nakashima.
Khachanov is coming off a loss in the finals in Toronto to Ben Shelton, and a quarterfinal appearance at Wimbledon. He will make his fifth trip to the Round of 16 in Mason but is 0-4 in that round.
Madeira native Caty McNally to play in doubles
Madeira native Caty McNally and doubles partner Linda Noskova are warming up on Court 10 for their Round of 16 doubles match against Shuko Aoyama and Cristina Bucsa. Peyton Stearns and Marketa Vondrousova will play their next doubles match against the No. 7 seed later tonight.
Carlos Alcaraz advances to Round of 16
ATP No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz won his Round of 32 match over Hamad Medjedovic on Center Court, 6-4, 6-4. Alcaraz was only broken once and won three of seven break points on his opponent's serve.
Alcaraz won his 13th consecutive ATP 1000 match and claimed his 50th victory of the season (50-6). He faces World No. 98 Luca Nardi in the next round.
Alcaraz has won 50 or matches each of the last four years. He is the only player on either the ATP or WTA tour to reach 50 wins this season, and the last to reach that milestone four years in a row since Novak Djokovic.
"I saw it once I finished the match, so for me, it's great to join Djokovic," Alcaraz said. "To be the player who has 50 or more wins in four consecutive years is something that I'm working on, the consistency and saying that for me is a pretty cool thing."
Alcaraz has had two tough matches so far here in Mason, beating Damir Dzumhur in three sets Aug. 10. This is his first tournament since losing to Jannik Sinner in the Wimbledon final July 13, so he's working back into form.
'It's difficult," Alcaraz said. "I've been out from tour for a month since Wimbledon. Different surface here, for me, it's a little bit tricky to get used to. The court, the conditions are really tough. I'm trying in every tournament to play a really good match in the first round, and if my best tennis comes after two or three matches, it is what it is. But I will work on it."
Lucky Loser Luca Nardi advances after opponent retires
Luca Nardi, a 22-year old from Italy, advanced to the round of 16 in the ATP draw after his opponent, Jakub Mensik, retired due to illness. Nardi, who entered the draw as a Lucky Loser, was leading 6-2, 2-1. Nardi, World No. 98 and making his Cincinnati Open debut, next plays No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz.
Jasmine Paolini moves on after beating Ashlyn Krueger
Jasmine Paolini, of Italy, just beat American Ashlyn Krueger, 7-6 (2), 6-1 in one of three WTA matches on the Aug. 12 slate between two seeded players.
Paolini took advantage of Krueger's 10 double faults and won 69% of points on the first serve.
Carlos Alcaraz now on Center Court at the Cincinnati Open
ATP No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz won the first set of his Round of 32 match against Hamad Medjedovic, 6-4.
Alcaraz, who is on a 12-match ATP 1000 winning streak, is bidding for his 50th victory of the season (49-6).
Andrey Rublev outlasts Alexei Popyrin in three sets in Cincinnati Open
ATP No. 9 seed Andrey Rublev lost a first-set tiebreak and fought back to beat No. 21 seed Alexei Popyrin, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5), 7-5, to advance to the Round of 16.
Francisco Comesana advances after rain delay
Over three hours after the start of the match, and following the rain delay, Francisco Comesana has advanced to the Round of 16 at the Cincinnati Open.
Comesana beat Reilly Opelka, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5 to become the first Argentinian man in the Cincinnati Round of 16 since 2022.
Play set to resume at the Cincinnati Open
After a half-hour delay due to rain, play is set to resume shortly at the Cincinnati Open.
The opening match on Center Court is a competitive clash in the third set between Reilly Opelka and Francisco Comesana. Opelka leads 5-4 in the third set.
On Court 3, Andrey Rublev, the ATP No. 9 seed, leads 2-1 in the third set against Alexei Popyrin.
Qualifier Ella Seidel moves on in thriller over McCartney Kessler
WTA No. 125 Ella Seidel has won five matches over the last seven days to reach the Cincinnati Open Round of 16.
Seidel defeated No. 29 seed McCartney Kessler on the Champions' Court 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (6).
Barbora Krejcikova knocks out Lucky Loser Iva Jovic
Barbora Krejcikova has ended the Cincinnati Open run of 17-year-old Iva Jovic with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 victory on the Grandstand Court.
Coco Gauff advances to the Round of 16 via walkover
Coco Gauff will not take Center Court at the Cincinnati Open Aug. 12.
The WTA No. 2 has advanced to the Round of 16 after her opponent, Dayana Yastremska, withdrew from the tournament due to an illness.
Third round continues at the Cincinnati Open
Day 8 of the Cincinnati Open is underway in Mason. On Center Court, ATP No. 73 Reilly Opelka is looking to advance to his first ATP 1000 Round of 16 since 2022.
Opelka trails Francisco Comesana 3-2 in the first set.
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Aug. 12 schedule at the Cincinnati Open
There are three WTA matches Aug. 12 between a pair of seeded opponents. After Gauff-Yastremska, No. 4 Jessica Pegula squares off against No. 31 seed Magda Linette on Center Court.
Earlier in the day on the Grandstand Court, No. 7 Jasmine Paolini battles No. 26 Ashlyn Krueger.
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There is only one such match on the ATP side. No. 27 seed Brandon Nakashima opens the night session against No. 3 Alexander Zverev.
Both Cincinnati natives from the WTA are through to the second round in the doubles draw. Peyton Stearns and partner Marketa Vondrousova will battle the team of Timea Babos-Luisa Stefani in the night session.
Caty McNally and partner Linda Noskova face the tandem of Cristina Bucsa-Shuko Aoyama on Court 10.
The full Order of Play can be found here.
The Enquirer will update this story.
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